Atkin, John, Private, 3421, 1st/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Previously served with 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Born Glossop, Derbyshire
Enlisted Glossop
Killed in action 1st July 1916 aged 19
Son of William and Anna Atkin, of 2, Dinting Lane, Glossop.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census
A calico weaver
Son of William, a calico printer's engraver, and Serena Atkin, of 2, Dinting Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire
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Memorial to John Atkin on Family Grave, Glossop Cemetery

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